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Bifrost

Meaning of "Bifrost" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BIFROST

From Icelandic, from bifa to shake + rost path.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF BIFROST

ˈbɪvrɒst


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BIFROST

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Bifrost is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BIFROST MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Bifröst

In Norse mythology, Bifröst pronunciation or sometimes Bilröst or Bivrost, is a burning rainbow bridge that reaches between Midgard and Asgard, the realm of the gods. The bridge is attested as Bilröst in the Poetic Edda; compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, and as Bifröst in the Prose Edda; written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson, and in the poetry of skalds. Both the Poetic Edda and the Prose Edda alternately refer to the bridge as Asbrú. According to the Prose Edda, the bridge ends in heaven at Himinbjörg, the residence of the god Heimdallr, who guards it from the jötnar. The bridge's destruction at Ragnarök by the forces of Muspell is foretold. Scholars have proposed that the bridge may have originally represented the Milky Way and have noted parallels between the bridge and another bridge in Norse mythology, Gjallarbrú.

Definition of Bifrost in the English dictionary

The definition of Bifrost in the dictionary is the rainbow bridge of the gods from their realm Asgard to earth.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BIFROST

accost · compost · cost · criss-crossed · defrost · embossed · frost · hoarfrost · Landdrost · Landrost · long-lost · lost · low-cost · non-prossed · Pentecost · permafrost · repost · riposte · uncrossed · wast

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BIFROST

Big Apple · big band · big bang · big bang theory · big beast · big beat · Big Ben · Big Bertha · big bickies · Big Board · Big Brother

WORDS THAT END LIKE BIFROST

air frost · almost · at any cost · black frost · boost · degrees of frost · ghost · glazed frost · ground frost · Holy Ghost · host · Jack Frost · last post · most · outpost · post · Prost · silver frost · the most · white frost

Synonyms and antonyms of Bifrost in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Bifrost» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BIFROST

Find out the translation of Bifrost to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of Bifrost from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Bifrost» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

Bifrost
1,325 millions of speakers
es

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Bifrost
570 millions of speakers
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English

Bifrost
510 millions of speakers
hi

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Bifrost
380 millions of speakers
ar

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بيفروست
280 millions of speakers
ru

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Бифрост
278 millions of speakers
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Bifrost
270 millions of speakers
bn

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বাইফ্রস্টকে
260 millions of speakers
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Bifrost
220 millions of speakers
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Bifrost
190 millions of speakers
de

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Bifrost
180 millions of speakers
ja

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Bifrost
130 millions of speakers
ko

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비프로스트
85 millions of speakers
jv

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Bifrost
85 millions of speakers
vi

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Bifrost
80 millions of speakers
ta

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பிட்ஃபிராஸ்ட்
75 millions of speakers
mr

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बिफ्रॉस्ट
75 millions of speakers
tr

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Bifrost
70 millions of speakers
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Bifrost
65 millions of speakers
pl

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Bifrost
50 millions of speakers
uk

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Біфрост
40 millions of speakers
ro

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Bifrost
30 millions of speakers
el

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Bifrost
15 millions of speakers
af

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Bifrost
14 millions of speakers
sv

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Bifrost
10 millions of speakers
no

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Bifrost
5 millions of speakers

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BIFROST»

Discover the use of Bifrost in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Bifrost and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Bifrost Guardians: Shadow's realm
Includes the final two volumes of the series about a Vietnam veteran lost in time.
Mickey Zucker Reichert, 2000
2
Norse Mythology A to Z: A Young Reader's Companion
Bestla appears in SNORRI STURLUSON's PROSE EDDA . BEYLA The wife of BYGGVIR. Both were servants of the god FREY who attended a feast given by AEGIR (see “Loki's Mocking,” under LOKI). BIFROST (Trembling Path) The flaming, ...
Kathleen N. Daly, Marian Rengel, 2004
3
The Norse Myths
The Building ofAsgardr Bifrost or Asbru The Æsir now set about building their dwellings in Asgardr. First they built a rainbow bridge reaching from Midgardr to Asgardr and called it Bifrost, or Asbru. This most perfect of all bridges was made of ...
Heilan Yvette Grimes, 2010
4
Earth Under Fire: Humanity's Survival of the Ice Age
The Norse legend of Asgard resembles in many ways Plato's legend of Atlantis. The Younger Edda tells us that Asgard is an island surrounded by ocean that lies west of Europe and which is accessed by means of the rainbow bridge, Bifrost.
Paul A. LaViolette, 2005
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Dictionary of Nature Myths: Legends of the Earth, Sea, and Sky
(Getty 1962, Knappert 1995c, Piggott 1983) See also Dragon-Kings, Dragons, Japan, Sarasvati, Sea and Sea Gods BIFROST In Norse legend, Bifrost was a rainbow bridge made of water, fire, and air that led from Midgard, the home of mortals ...
Tamra Andrews, 2000
6
Hierophantic Landscapes: Lighting Up Chalice Well, Lake ...
... the birthplace of King Arthur in western Cornwall but more truly the place where the Arthur Light is perpetually available for the Earth accompanied by the tints of angels, which is a poetic way to denote Bifrost as the encircling pillars of fire.
Richard Leviton, 2011
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The Rainbow Bridge: Rainbows in Art, Myth, and Science
Bifrost was built by the gods for their daily travels to the world below and is resolutely guarded by the keen-eyed Heimdall against their dread enemies: the frost and mountain giants. When Bifrost is stormed and collapses in the climactic battle ...
Raymond L. Lee, Alistair B. Fraser, 2001
8
Asgard - The Planet of the Gods
I fly all over Asgard and have even taken it over the Bifrost to Midgard too!" King Thrym curiously asks, "We do not have this natural method of travel between our planet and another. What is it like to take the Bifrost to Midgard?" Surprised ...
Grinolsson, 2005
9
Santa Fe Light
It's in the form of Bifrost, the quivering fire—bridge of Asgard. Bifrost is the scabbard around Arthur's Light sword laid out as planks in a bridge. It's how that energy streams, or forcefully gallops, out of Asgard into our human realm. Here's how to ...
Richard Leviton, 2009
10
Crust and Lithosphere Dynamics: Treatise on Geophysics
BIFROST data provide additional stations not included in the ITRF2000 network ( Johansson et al., 2002; Milne et al., 2001). The reader should be aware that sites quoted as BIFROST sites in the following figures include, in addition to sites in ...
Anthony B Watts, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BIFROST»

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1
Musical Shooter Myriad Announced for PS4 and Vita
By Matt PorterErlend Grefsrud, creative director of Bifrost Entertainment, has announced that Myriad will be coming to PlayStation 4 and PS Vita ... «IGN, Jul 15»
2
Arborg Flood Protection Project Gets Federal and Provincial Funding
Residents of this town, in the Municipality of Bifrost-Riverton, will soon have added protection from the devastating effects of recurrent flooding ... «Digital Journal, Jul 15»
3
Media Advisory: Infrastructure Canada
... Thomas Nevakshonoff, Minister of Conservation and Water Stewardship and MLA of Interlake; and Harold Foster, Reeve of Bifrost-Riverton. «Benzinga, Jul 15»
4
Kevin Feige Reveals Production Start Dates For Spider-Man, Thor …
It's likely that Spider-Man will film there as well, which means that Thor: Ragnarok may be taking a trip across the Bifrost to film in Pinewood's ... «We Got This Covered, Jun 15»
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'Thor 3 Ragnarok' Updates: Thanos Is The Real Villain; MCU …
However, if Ragnarok does see the destruction of the Bifrost, the fall of Asgard and perhaps even the death of Thor himself, would it not be ... «Youth Health Magzine, Jun 15»
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'Thor 3: Ragnarok' Release Date & Spoilers: Kenneth Branagh …
... official script for "Thor 3: Ragnarok" but there are speculations that the film will focus on the giant Surt that will destroy the Bifrost and Asgard. «Realty Today, Jun 15»
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Thor 3 Ragnarok: Thanos, the Fall of Asgard, and Post-Credits …
However, if Ragnarok does see the destruction of the Bifrost, the fall of Asgard and perhaps even the death of Thor himself, would it not be ... «moviepilot.com, Jun 15»
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Marvel Wants Kenneth Branagh Back To Direct Thor: Ragnarok
... in to helm its 2013 follow-up, Thor: The Dark World. Now, rumor has it that he may journey across the Bifrost once more and helm 2017's Thor: Ragnarok. «We Got This Covered, Jun 15»
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Ten projects selected for 13th Fast Track film financing market at LA …
... Endgame Entertainment, Europacorp., Film Finances, Inc., Fluency Studios, Fortitude Int'l/BiFrost, Fox Digital, Fox International Channels, ... «Indiantelevision.com, Jun 15»
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Film Independent "Fast Tracks" 10 Projects, 21 Filmmakers
... Endgame Entertainment, Europacorp., Film Finances, Inc., Fluency Studios, Fortitude Int'l/BiFrost, Fox Digital, Fox International Channels, ... «SHOOT Online, Jun 15»
REFERENCE
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